Chapter 17

Question 0

What were border states?

Answer 0

States that were divided over the issue of slavery. They didn’t know if they should secede or remain.

Question 1

What was the capital of the CSA?

Answer 1

Richmond, Virginia

Question 2

Which side had the larger army?

Answer 2

Union

Question 3

What was the main goal for the North at the beginning of the war?

Answer 3

Reunite the Union

Question 4

What was the name of the Union war plan to choke out the Confederacy?

Answer 4

The Anaconda Plan

Question 5

What was the main goal for the South in the Civil War?

Answer 5

Be recognized as their own country and to preserve their way of life.

Question 6

How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?

Answer 6

The South named their battles after cities and the North named theirs after rivers or landmarks.

Question 7

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 7

The first battle of Bull Run or Manassas.

Question 8

Who were the two generals of this battle? (First Battle of Bull Run)

Answer 8

Union: General Irvin McDowell
Confederates: General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard with reinforcements from General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.

Question 9

Why did the confederate troops become inspired during this battle?

Answer 9

The reinforcements led by General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

Question 10

Who was one of the most gifted tactical commanders in US History?

Answer 10

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

Question 11

What caused the Union troops to drop their weapons and retreat in this battle?

Answer 11

A ‘rebel yell.’ A loud and strange scream that terrified Northern Soldiers

Question 12

Why did the Confederate troops not pursue the fight after their victory at Bull Run?

Answer 12

They were too disorganized and weakened

Question 13

What battles gave the Union control of the Columbia and Tennessee Rivers?

Answer 13

The Battle of Fort Henry and Th Battle of Fort Donelson.

Question 14

What was the warship that the South rebuilt with iron plates on the sides?

Answer 14

The Merrimack

Question 15

What was the general name for iron plated ships that the South used to break through the North’s defense?

Answer 15

Ironsides

Question 16

What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?

Answer 16

A nearby church

Question 17

What was the single bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War?

Answer 17

September 17, 1862 (The Battle of Antietam)

Question 18

What did Lincoln shift his focus in the war towards after Antietam?

Answer 18

Slavery

Question 19

The Civil War was the first time thousands of women did what?

Answer 19

Served as nurses

Question 20

What were the 3 reasons the Southern economy suffered more than that of the North?

Answer 20

Lack of Industry
Shortage of food and essential goods
Farmland being overrun

Question 21

What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?

Answer 21

The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 22

Who believed that the signing on Jan 1, 1863 was the greatest event in US History?

Answer 22

Fredrick Douglass

Question 23

What was the most well known African-American regiment in the Civil War?

Answer 23

The 54th Massachusetts

Question 24

What was the turning point of the war?

Answer 24

Union victories at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Vicksburg, Mississippi

Question 25

What speech was about equality, freedom, and states’ rights no longer being dominant?

Answer 25

The Gettysburg Address

Question 26

What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?

Answer 26

Equality
Freedom
States’ rights no longer being dominant

Question 27

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 27

He was the highest ranking officer in the Union Navy

Secured Mobile Bay

Question 28

Where was Sherman’s “march to the sea” headed?

Answer 28

Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia

Question 29

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

Answer 29

Appomattox Court House, Virginia in Wilmer McLean’s parlor

Question 30

How severe were the terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House toward the Southern troops?

Answer 30

The terms were very forgiving to the South

Question 31

What treaty ended the Civil War?

Answer 31

There was no treaty because for there to be a treaty, there has to be two countries. The United States never recognized the Confederacy as an independent country.

Question 32

How many soldiers died in the war?

Answer 32

Over 600,000

Question 33

How did the balance in power settle between the federal gov’t and state gov’ts after the war?

Answer 33

The federal government was strengthened and was now clearly more powerful than the states

Question 34

Filler

Answer 34

Filler